jpdb beta

the people; citizens; the populace

8

poverty; penury; need; shortage; lack; want

3

stagnation; tie-up; standstill; congestion; delay; accumulation

1

vitality; energy; dynamism

1

the powers that be

1

Jiangsu Province (China)

1

open sea; Okinawa

1

Yellow Sea

2

to float; to be suspended; to rise to the surface; to appear; to come to mind; to have inspiration

1

tidal power generation

1

artificial island; man-made island

1

Mount Penglai; Penglai Island; sacred mountain (e.g. Mount Fuji, Mount Kumano, etc.); Kansai New Year decoration (made from food); Formosa; Taiwan

5

political

3

Sawazaki

1

pro-Japanese group; Japanophiles

1

means; is; as for

3

to poke fun at; to make fun of; to send up

1

to take down; to bring down; to drop off (a passenger); to let off; to withdraw (money); to use for the first time; to wear for the first time

1

to help; to assist; to aid; to contribute to; to be a factor in

1

to reach; to touch; to be delivered; to arrive; to be attentive; to be scrupulous

6

India

8

cooperative; helpful

1

probable; likely

1

lands outside (Chinese) civilization

1

management; (executive) staff; leaders; leadership; top brass; upper echelons

1

candidate; contender; prospect; candidacy; candidature; nomination

1

choice; selection; pickup (phonograph); stylus bar; pickup truck; pickup

1

Japanese grosbeak (Eophona personata)

10

domestic affairs; internal administration

3

person in charge (of an area of work); person responsible; contact (person)

1

information management

1

section

1

construction; building; putting up; erecting; creation; formulation

2

reverse; opposite; converse (of a hypothesis, etc.); inverse (function)

2

easy to read; legible; clear

1

to try and do something; to attempt to do something

2

guess; conjecture

2

hard to get; hard to come by

1

outstanding talent; person of exceptional talent; gifted person

1

about; roughly; generally; on the whole; completely; quite

1

aircraft carrier

1

to change; to swap; to change the object of one's interest or focus; to spend or take time; to infect; to permeate something with the smell or colour of something; to move on to the next or different stage of (a plan, etc.)

1

mirage

15

to be submerged; to be soaked; to be pickled; to be well seasoned; to be totally immersed (in a condition, e.g. laziness)

5

at any rate; anyhow; anyway; in any case; because; as you know

1

to pull up; to drag up; to increase; to raise (e.g. taxes); to withdraw; to leave; to promote (someone to a higher position)

2

worn-out; ragged; crumbling; dry and crumbly; falling (in drops or clumps); scattering

1

to sink; to go under; to go down (e.g. sun); to set; to feel depressed; to become subdued

2

capital city; metropolis

1

to drop; to lose; to clean off (dirt, makeup, paint, etc.); to remove (e.g. stains or facial hair); to lose (a match); to reject (an applicant); to lower (e.g. shoulders or voice)

8